“We are bound to the infinite frozen plains, our heart is cold and death is our mantle.”

History

T E M P E S T

The history of the 13th Expeditionary Corps begins on May 27th, 2885, the day its establishment was called for by the imperial senate in order to explore and conquer territories located beyond a recently discovered jump point.

Two months later, the task force was constituted out of an imperial Navy squadron, a Marine battalion and a number of specialized civilians.

On July 29th, 2885, the Expeditionary Corps crossed the jump point and began its mission.

The system of arrival, still merely referred to as AY-21-203, was rich in raw materials and was home to a planet suitable for life. Its axial tilt causing the surface to be swept over permanently by violent storms.

These storms, lifting quantities of dust off the ground were occulting daylight most of the time thus generating winters long and rigorous. In spite of this harsh environment, a biomass made up mainly of resistant moss and crawling insects had managed to develop and the atmosphere proved to be respirable given that one would wear a dust mask at all time to filter particles.

This planet, quickly nicknamed Tempest, became the 13th Corps operational base. Life there was hard but bearable since only temporary.
The task force colonized the system, prospected its mining resources, established the necessary infrastructures to sustain life and support the squadron while seeking possible other jump points. The Empire regularly resupplied Tempest. Until October 6th, 2887. That day the convoy of supplies never arrived. The jump point had vanished.

The sense of shock was unimaginable. This kind of event had not been anticipated as it was regarded as impossible.

In the hope that this phenomenon would be only momentary, a rationing was set up. Days, weeks then months passed by and it became clear that resupply should not be relied upon. From now on the 13th Corps was completely isolated. It had to adapt to the situation.